Oranjestad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Oranjestad in context

2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Oranjestad (Region)Aruba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oranjestad plotted against and Aruba. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Oranjestad's incremental SNDi rose from 2.7 to 3.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oranjestad ranked 1st out of 1 cities in and 1st out of 1 in Aruba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in Aruba
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in Aruba
1st of 1

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OranjestadChibiaFana

In new street additions, Oranjestad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chibia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Fana built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Oranjestad fluctuated in connectivity, while Chibia became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Fana became progressively more disconnected. Oranjestad and Chibia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.